Genesis 43:20 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁰ and said, “Oh, my lord, we came down the first time to buy food;

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ and said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ And said, O sir, we came down truly the first time to buy food;

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ and said, Oh, my lord, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

Common English Bible

²⁰ “Please, Master, we came down the first time just to buy food,

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ they said: "We beg you, lord, to hear us. We came down once before to buy food.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ They said: Sir, we desire thee to hear us: We came down once before to buy food.

Genesis 43:20 Cross References

Genesis 42:10

They said to him, “No, my lord, but to buy food have your servants come.

Genesis 42:27

And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender at the lodging place, he saw his money in the mouth of his sack;

Genesis 42:3

So ten of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.

Genesis 42:35

As they emptied their sacks, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were dismayed.

Genesis 43:19

So they went up to the steward of Joseph's house, and spoke with him at the door of the house,

Genesis 43:21

and when we came to the lodging place we opened our sacks, and there was every man's money in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight; so we have brought it again with us,

Genesis 43:3

But Judah said to him, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.’

Genesis 43:7

They replied, “The man questioned us carefully about ourselves and our kindred, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?’ What we told him was in answer to these questions; could we in any way know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?”

1 Kings 3:17

The one woman said, “Oh, my lord, this woman and I dwell in the same house; and I gave birth to a child while she was in the house.